Filing devices



July 19, 1955 r. B. BOONE FILING DEVICES Filed June 30, 1952 IN V EN TOR.

5.4 Thetford Bolton Baone T TORNE Y lim FILING navierasv Thetford Bolton Boone, Dallas, Tex. Application June so, 1952, serial No. 296,341 sfclaims. (ci. en -18s) This invention relates to filing devices and more particularly to a clip board filing cabinet and to clip boards for use therewith.

One object of the invention is to provide a cabinet having two open sides for filing clip boards which may be removedfrom yand placedin the cabinetv through -either of the open sides. 1

Another object of the invention is to provide a clip board tiling cabinet which is partitioned into a plurality of compartments whereby clip boards may be separated in apredetermined manner, the compartments in which a particular clip board is disposedidentifying the nature of the information held by the clip board.

Still another object of the invention is to provide a cabinet having an opening therein whereby communication between persons situated on opposite sides of the cabinet is facilitated.

A further objectof the invention istoprovide a tiling cabinet having open opposite' sides and provided with clip boards having finger pulls on opposite lends thereof whereby the clip boards may be removed from and placed in the cabinet through either of the open sides.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a tiling cabinet havingV an open opposite sides and provided with clip boards having finger pulls on opposite ends adapted to hold identifying cards or indicia whereby each clip board may be easily identified at each of the opposite open sides of the cabinet. l

Another object of Vthe invention is to provide a clip board having finger pulls at opposite ends thereof.

Still another object of the invention is toprovide a clip board having finger pulls at opposite ends thereof which are adapted to hold identifying cards or indicia at an angleto the clip board wherebythe identifying cards or indicia are easily readable.

A still furdier object of the: invention is to provide a clip board of the character described provided'with stop means on the swingable end of the cover plate which prevent the linger pull from projecting rearwardly of the baseplate so that the clip board may be readily inserted into and removed from the file cabinet without the nger p ull catching on the slides or division leaves of the cabinet. v

Additional objects and advantages vof the invention will be readily apparent from the reading of the following description of a device constructed in accordance with the invention and reference tothe accompanying drawingsA thereof, wherein: l

Figure l is a perspective view of a clip board adapted for use in the tiling cabinet of the invention,

Figure 2 is a vertical sectional view taken on the line 2-2 of Figure 1,

Figure 3 is a vertical sectional view taken on the line 33"of Figure l,

vFigure 4 is a fragmentary isometric view of the swingable end of the cover plate, showing the stops thereon,

and

j lFigure 5 is a perspective view of the tiling cabinet.

Referring to the drawings, the reference character designates a filing cabinethaving a bottom 11', a top 12 and a pair of sides 13 and 14. A pair of vertical partitions 15 nnd 16 and their horizontal partitions 17, 18 and 19 partition the interior of the cabinet into tive clip board retaining compartments 20, 21, 22, 23 and 24. The vertical partitions and the horizontal partition 18, together with the bottom 1l, form a rectangular well or opening 25 which facilitates communication' between persons situated at opposite sides of the cabinet. The cabinet may be placed in an appropriate opening in a wall or built in a wall between two roomsso that persons in both rooms may have access to the contents of the file i clip boards 27 thereon. The upper surface of each slide is provided with recesses or depressions 28 which are adapted to receive the beads or projections 29 on the base plate 30 of each clip board. The engagement lof the projections 29 in the depressions 28 serves to position properly the clip boards on the slides. j

The central compartment 22 is further compartmentalized by a plurality of vertical leaves 31 in order that clip boards may be plaoed'in vertical positions between each pair of leaves. it will be apparent that clip boards placed in the central compartment are easily perceived, since they are in vertical positions whereby the clip boards in the other compartments are in horizontal positions. This is of advantage since files requiring A movable cover or leaf 35 is hinged to the free lower edge of the holding plate 32 for pivotal movement about the hinge pin 36. -The cover is freely movable about the hinge pin so that the papers held between the holding plate and the'back plate may berexposed by raising the cover. The base plate provides a firm support for such papers so that notations may be made on the papers the person making the while the clip board is held by notations.

A finger pull member 37 is rigidly secured to the upper portion of the base plate 30 by rivets38 or in any other suitable manner. As shown, the nger pull member comprises a flat portion 39 which abuts the rear sideoi the base plarean intermediate "portion 4d which extends forwardly at right angles from theat portion above the upper ends of the base and'holding plates, and a linger pull portion 41 which extends rearwardly and `upwardly at anl acute angle from the intermediate portion.

A card or indicia'retaining plate 42 is secured tothe linger pull portion 41 by rivets 43 or in any other suit able manner. -The plate 42 has inturned anges 44 and 45 which serve to hold an elongate card 46 which' may be slid between the flanges and the back 47 of the retaining plate 42 from either end. The card may have printed or written information thereon identifying the file contained in a particular clip board.

A second finger pull member 48 is xed to the lower portion of the movable cover by rivets 49 or in any other suitable manner. The linger p ull member comprises a flat portion 50 which abuts the inner side of the movable cover and a linger pull portion'51 which extends down- Patented Jury 19, s

'information so that the clip board may be recognized from either side of the cabinet when placed in one of the compartments of the cabinet. l

- In order to prevent the finger pull portion 51 and the lower edge of the retaining plate 52 from projecting rearwardly beyond the base plate 30 when no papers are in the clip board, or when the number ofpapers is small` end portions S of the finger pull member are bent downwardly to form stops which engage the base plate 30 to limit the movement of the cover 35 toward the base plate. It is desirable that no portion of the clip board projects i'earwaidly of the base plate 30 in order that the clip board may be easily removed from and inserted into the compartments of the filing cabinet. Rearward proiections could catch on the slides 26 or the leaves 3l and thus obstruct or make more diflicult the removal or insertion ol' the clip board into the cabinet.

The above-described fiiing cabinet andthe clip boards therefor are especially adapted for use in hospitals for tiling the charts of patients. The tiling cabinet may be installed in an opening in a wall separating a doctors` ofiice room from a nurses office room or ball station. The doctor may work in the quiet of his ofiice and be able to pull out any desired file from the cabinet `since the clip board in which it is contained is provided with finger pulls at both of its opposite ends. The doctor may place the file or chart of a patient for whose treatment new orders have been noted in his file in the central compartment 22. As previously noted, the clip boards in the central compartment stand vertically on edge so that thek nurses in the nurses' ofiice room will quickly note that new orders have been issued as to the treatment of a particular patient. since all other clip boards in the other compartments are held in horizontal positions by the slides 26. 'lhc nurses and doctors may easily remove and replace the :Ein boards in the filing cabinet by means of the finger pulls.

The use of clip boards permits the entire file of each patient to be easily carried about by the nurses and doctors, the base plate 30 providing the necessary writing support when it is necessary to make some notation or change in the file. Moreover, the clip boards prevent loss of papers and protect the papers from displacement, wear and dirt when in the cabinet.

lt will be ssen that a filing cabinet having operi opposite sides and a plurality of compartments has been provided for `;toring clip boards which may be removed from and replaced in the cabinet from either side. Moreover, it will be seen that the compartments have been provided with clip board holding means, one of the compartments having means for holding the clip boards in vertical positions in order to allow the attention of persons to any clip board held in such compartment, lt :vill be apparent, furthermore, that a new and improved flip board has been provided which has finger pulls at opposite ends whereby the clip board may be removed from either `side of the cabinet and with indicia holders on the tinger pulls disposed at an angle whereby the indicia contained in the holders is easily read from all positions in the cabinet. It is further manifest that the clip board is particularly provided with stops on its cover which prevent the linger pull on the cover from proiecting rearwardiy of the base plate, whereby the clip board may be readiiy inserted into and removed from the divisions of the cabinet without catching thereon.

The foregoing description of the invention is explanatory only, and changes in the details of the construction illustrated may be made by those skilled in the art. within the scope of the appended Iclaims, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

What l claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

l. A clip board including, a base plate. a holding pl te having its upper end hingedly mounted on the upper end of said base plate, means yieldably biasing said holding plate toward said base plate, a cover having its upper end hingedly secured to the lower end of said holding plate. a finger pull member secured to said base plate and having an elongate linger pull portion disposed above the upper ends of said holding and base plates and extending angularly upwardly and rearwardly, a finger pull member secured to said cover and having an elongate finger pull portion disposed below the lower ends of said cover and base plate and extending downwardly and rearwardly. and stop means between the lower end of said cover and said base plate for limiting the movement of the lower end of said cover toward said base platey whereby the rear edge of the finger pull portion on the lower end of the cover is prevented from proiecting rearwardly beyond the rear surface of the base plate.

2. A clip board including, a base plate, a holding plate having one end hingedly mounted on one end of said base plate. means yieldably biasing said holding plate toward said base plate, a cover having one end hingedly secured to the swingable end of said holding plate, a finger pull secured to said base plate and disposed outwardly beyond said holding plate and extending'angularly from the hinge end of said base plate, a finger pull sccuied to the opposite swingable end of said cover and ctteniling angiilarly therefrom beyond the adjacent end of said base plate` and stop means ori the swingable end of said cover cngageable with said base plate for limiting tlic movement of the swingable end of said cover toward said bas: plate. whereby the extending edge of the finger pull'is prevented from projecting behind the base plate.

3. A clip board including, a base plate, a holding plate having its upper end hingedly mounted on the upper end of said base plate. means yieldably biasing said holding plate toward said base plate, a cover having its upper end hingedly secured to the lower end of said holding plate. a finger pull 'nember secured to said base plate and baving an elongate finger pull portion disposed above the upper ends of said holding and base plates and extending angularly upwardly and rearwardly, a finger pull member secured to said cover and having anvelongate finger pull portion disposed below the lower ends of said cover and base plate and extending downwardly and rearwardly, :i retaining plate on each of said finger pull portions having inturned opposed flanges for holding cards, the angle between said finger pull portions when said cover is in closed position being obtuse whereby the flanges are positioned to hold cards in equally visible po sitions at each end of the clip board. and stop means on the lower end of said cover engageable with said oase plate for limiting the movement of the lower end of said cover toward said base plate whereby the lower rear edge of the finger pull portion on the lower end of the cover is prevented from proiecting rearwardly beyond the rear surface o the base plate.

4. A filing cabinet having a plurality of compartments open on the front and back of said cabinet, a plurality of pairs of opposed slide members projecting inwardly into some of said compartments for receiving and holding clip boards in horizontal position in said compartments, there being uninterrupted open space in said compartments between the innermost edges of said slide members, means in one of said compartments of'said cabinet for receiving and holding clip boards in vertical position in said one compartment, and a plurality of clip boards insertable into and removable from both the front and back of said compartments, each of said clip boards including, a base plate, a holding plate having one end hingedly mounted on one end of said base plate, means said base plate and saidholding plate, a finger pull carried by the free opposite end of the cover and extending angularly downwardly,` and outwardly therefrom beyond the end of the base plate, the angle between said finger pulls when the cover is in closed position being obtuse, whereby indicia retaining means carried by said inger pulls is disposed in position for holding indicia in readily'visible positions at each end of said clip board and at the front and back of said cabinet, and stop means on said cover projecting `to engage the base plate to limit the movement of the swingable end' of the cover toward the base plate, whereby the finger pull and indicia retaining means on the free end of said cover are prevented from projecting beyond the plane ofthe base plate, whereby said clip board may be readily inserted between the slide mem- 6. bers of the cabinet without the nger pull and indicia 'retaining means catching on said slides.

5. The combination of claim 4, wherein the base plate of each clip board is provided with stop means on its underside and each slide in the cabinet is provided with corresponding stop means on its upper side coengageable with the stop means on the base plate of the clip board for positioning said clip board in positionon the slides in the cabinet.

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